The Hospital at Home Teams within Fife provide a service for the frail elderly population (predominantly over 65yrs), which prevents acute hospital admission or facilitates early supported discharge where acute hospital admission has taken place. It allows people to have a period of “acute” medical care within their own home, which will in turn allow the person to recover from a period of illness without needing hospital admission.
An exciting vacancy has arisen to join our H@H service in Fife. This post is part of the core Hospital at Home Service with the expectation of rotating in to the in-reach work within Victoria Hospital. This will involve being based within the acute hospital working closely with Frailty Team and Medicine of the Elderly Consultants. As part of the wider H@H service the post will include a rotation between in-reach and community H@H teams. This is a relatively new aspect of our Hospital at Home service and continues to evolve with the enthusiasm and initiative of the staff in post. The role focuses on supporting discharges and carrying out clinical assessments and ensuring a smooth transition for patients stepping down to the Hospital at Home Service as well as educating colleagues as to the role of the service.
You will be required to deliver a high standard of safe and effective acute medical patient care within mainly the acute setting but also supporting the wider Hospital at Home service in the community as required. They must have the ability to work autonomously in this evolving aspect of the service and must have a qualification at degree level in clinical decision making and the desire and ability to work towards an NMP qualification. The additional skills of venepuncture, ECG, IV additives and cannulation will be required also for this role. Excellent communication, confidence and good degree of assertiveness and time management skills are essential in this role.
The ability to travel within the area in a timely manner is also required to be able to support the wider Hospital at Home service and be able to respond to deteriorating patients and provide daily routine clinical interventions in the community.
This posts involves 7 day working covering 08:00 – 18:30 and is based within the Victoria Hospital. The H@H main service operates from 08:00 – 22:00. On appointment you will spend a minimum period of 3 months based within the community Hospital at Home teams to build knowledge and skills around service provision prior to being based within the acute site.
For informal enquiries, please contact Jill Dow, ICASS Manager on 01592 729555 or Connie Henderson, Lead ANP on 07483148014.
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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.